Therapeutic drug monitoring of tacrolimus in pancreas transplantation at São Lucas Hospital Monitoramento terapêutico de tacrolimus em transplante de pâncreas no Hospital São Lucas

Tacrolimus (FK 506), a potent immunosuppressive drug used in prevention and treatment of rejection of transplanted organs, exhibits efficacy related to its blood levels and has a narrow therapeutic index. These factors require frequent monitoring of patients blood levels, in attempt to adjust the do...

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Main Authors: Luciana Mello de Oliveira, Ana Lígia Bender, Moacir A. Traesel, Leonardo Kroth, Marcelo J. Hartmann, Salvador Gullo Neto, David Saitovitch, Flavia Valladão Thiesen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica 2007-10-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-24442007000500006